Pakistan Times - Pakistan's First Independent Complete Daily Web Newspaper - January 25, 2004

PAKISTAN TIMES/THE WORLD TODAY SUNDAY JANUARY 25, 2004 Edition: TOP STORIES: Kashmir Issue: 'LoC Can't Be a Solution' Х Motion against Debriefing of Pakistani Scientists Disallowed Х Eid holidays in Pakistan from February 2 to 4 Х Kashmir to observe Indian Republic Day as 'Black Day' Х Pakistan gets back EC abatement on Pak-Super Basmati Х Pakistan retains third place in ODI, Test rankings ХХХ TWT: Suicide Bomb Attacks: 12 killed in Iraq ХХХ EDITORIAL: Specter of Target Carnage! ХХХ THIS AND MUCH MORE - Email us with your views AND CONTRIBUTIONS at info@pakistantimes.net ХХХ
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Sunday January 25, 2004
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T O P S T O R Y


		President Musharraf speaks to media leaders at breakfast in Davos, Saturday wherein he called for a resilient approach by India & Pakistan to solve the Kashmir dispute in amiable way.

Kashmir Issue:
'LoC Can't Be a Solution'

DAVOS (Switzerland): President General Pervez Musharraf Saturday said that Line of Control (LoC) cannot be a solution...

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PT News Updates: January 25, 2004


O T H E R T O P S T O R I E S


╖	Motion against Debriefing of Pakistani Scientists Disallowed
╖	Taliban ex-Governor apprehended, Top Al-Qaeda Leader killed in Pakistan tribal areas
╖	Top Pakistani Politician Javed Hashmi indicted for Mutiny
╖	President invites Microsoft Chief Bill Gates to invest in Pakistan
╖	Debriefings of Pakistan's Nuke Scientists to end Soon: Interior Minister
╖	No trace found on missing Punjab Minister
╖	India, Pakistan Officials discuss matters on Border Security
╖	Sukkur Barrage Closed Temporarily for Heavy Traffic
╖	Pakistan, Japan hold dialogue on Security
╖	Indian Air Force personnel commits Suicide


M E T R O


Eid holidays in Pakistan from February 2 to 4
The government on Saturday announced three holidays for the Eid-ul-Azha. An official notification said the holidays...
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╖	Narcotics burnt to ashes in Pakistan
╖	Balakot Councillor, Two in Bannu shot dead

K A S H M I R


Kashmir to observe Indian Republic Day as 'Black Day'
The All Parties Hurriyat Conference in a meeting in Srinagar today, attended by all its constituents, decided that...
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╖	Five injured in Doda, Kashmir Blast
╖	Bad Weather paralyses life in Held-Kashmir

B U S I N E S S


Pakistan gets back EC abatement on Pak-Super Basmati
Pakistan has got back the European Commission's (EC) abatement on Pakistan Super Basmati rice as...
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╖	ADB to help Pakistan on Agri-business Development Programme
╖	Bearish Reverse Tide at Pakistani Markets

S P O R T S


Pakistan retains third place in ODI, Test rankings
Pakistan retains its third place in international One-Day cricket rankings despite a recent 1-4 drubbing...
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╖	Pakistan Cricket Board announces country-wide programme of Trials
╖	Pakistan to compete in Junior Asian volleyball

T H E W O R L D T O D A Y (TWTNews.com)

╖	Suicide Bomb Attacks: 12 killed in Iraq
╖	Mars Spirit Rover Responds
╖	US Denies Capture of Bin Laden
╖	WHO issues Bird Flu Warning in Asia
╖	Worldwide unemployment sets new record
╖	US Still Executes Child Criminals: AI Report

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EDITORIAL
Specter of Target Carnage!

OF-LATE, Israel has threatened to resume target killings including Hamas spiritual leader, Sheikh Ahmed Yassin Ч as a Сfollow-upТ Ч of the newest suicide attack at the Erez crossing point near Gaza...
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News Updates

Special Report

Afghan Drug Scene: The Poppy Power

Second part of a special report on Afghan Drug Scene by an Ashgabat-based noted journalist Tariq Saeedi and his team.

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Health

Salt raises 'stomach cancer risk'
By Dr Ali Muhammad

PEOPLE who eat lots of highly salted food double their risk of stomach cancer, research suggests. Scientists from Japan's National Cancer Centre Research Institute carried out...

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Societal

Madam Noor Jehan: The Queen of Melody (1926-2000)

Madam Noor Jehan:
The Queen of Melody

A tribute by Nasreen Rehman to the Queen of the Melody (Malika-e-Tarranum) Noor Jehan on her third death anniversary.

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	Gossip-Shossip: Reema searches 'Ideal'
	CookBook: Masalay dar Chicken Biryani

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Open Market Forex

Currency		Buying	Selling.
	US Dollar	57.50	57.55
	UK Pound Sterling	105.2	105.4
	EURO	72.60	72.80
	Saudi Riyal	15.27	15.32
	UAE Dirham	15.60	15.65
	Kuwaiti Dinar	193.8	194.0
	Japanese Yen	0.538	0.540

Approx. Rates in Pakistani Rupees (PKR) as on the morning of 25 Jan 2004

Weather

	Islamabad	12 06
	Lahore	16 11
	Karachi	23 12
	Peshawar	11 05
	Quetta	08 04
	Muz'Abad	09 04
	Gilgit	08 02
	Srinagar	05 -1
^weather scale ░C Forecast:* Scattered Rain/Snowfall over the Hills is expected over Upper Punjab, Upper NWFP & Kashmir.

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